Inside Tennis Magazines
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The award-winning Inside Tennis, now in its 35th year, is published seven times annually and is known for its creative, cutting-edge content and superb photography. Revered and read cover-to-cover in the tennis community, Inside Tennis is considered by many to be the most compelling tennis magazine in America.
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Bill Simons and Vinay Venkatesh Paris IGA SWIATEK NEEDS AN HR DEPARTMENT: Nick Kyrgios doesn’t have a coach and likes to travel light. Often, just his agent and his trainer are in his box. Iga Swiatek is at the other extreme. In a recent match, she had her physio, trainer, mental toughness advisor, agent, PR ..read more
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Bill Simons and Vinay Venkatesh Paris MIRRA, MIRRA ON THE WALL, WHAT’S THE FAIREST SURFACE OF THEM ALL: Russian teen Mirra Andreeva said, “I don’t have a favorite surface, because when I play on hard I miss clay, but when I play on clay I miss hard.” SO OBNOXIOUS: At the end of the press ..read more
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Bill Simons Paris PARIS PASSION SHOW: It’s a long, sad tale. Powerful, imposing American men have often fallen short in France. Jack Kramer, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick all won Slams elsewhere – and all bit the dust on Parisian clay. And, of course, the French love to ..read more
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1w ago
Bill Simons and Vinay Venkatesh PARIS It was completely obvious. No. 172 Thiago Seyboth Wild was zoning. His forehand was on fire. The best defensive player in the game, Daniil Medvedev, was reeling – fighting for survival against a Brazilian qualifier who hadn’t played all year and had never won a Grand Slam match. Seyboth ..read more
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Bill Simons and Vinay Venkatesh Paris THE GENIUS OF CARLOS ALCARAZ: Suzanne Lenglen Stadium has a high-tech roof. But its new glimmering ceiling doesn’t diminish one of the grandest stadiums tennis has ever given us. Already the court that induces drama has given us a couple of five-set crackerjack matches featuring Frenchmen Constant Lestienne and ..read more
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Bill Simons and Vinay Venkatesh The French adore drama – and today Roland Garros began with an intense theatrical bang that was all about Europe’s fiercest conflict since WWII. Just the day before, Kiev had suffered its worst drone attack of the 15-month war. Today what fans first saw at Roland Garros was a match ..read more
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Part Two Bill Simons The Interview Part 2 Here is Inside Tennis’s final installment of our interview with France’s charismatic Yannick Noah, who won Roland Garros 40 years ago and is one of the most provacative thinkers in the game. So you think tennis draws people together, or is it merely a nice diversion for ..read more
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Bill Simons Part One Is France’s Yannick Noah the most thoughtful and insightful man tennis has given us since Arthur Ashe? Who knows? What we know is that this interview is one of the most special Inside Tennis has done in its 42 years. After all, Noah is a dreamer, traveler, pop icon, provocative critic ..read more
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Bill Simons and Vinay Ventkatesh MADRID AND ROME FIASCOS: The WTA is celebrating its 50th year. You’d think things would be together by now. But the Madrid and Rome events were train wrecks. The Madrid Open has a long problematic history. Former owner Ion Tiriac said a few years ago that Serena was too old ..read more
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Bill Simons Rafa Nadal is the king – the king of clay – and Roland Garros is his castle. In 16 years, just two men have beaten him. “The conversation has become,” said Andy Roddick, “who even has the potential to beat Rafa? And the answer is: not many.” But now, our powerful monarch is ..read more